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Amazon Prime acquires distribution rights for Russian TV series

December 11, 2019

Amazon Prime has purchased the European distribution rights for Konstantin Bogomolov’s television series ‘Soderzhanki’ (translated as “Gold Diggers”). The show will be available with German subtitles later this month and French subtitles in January 2020. Amazon Prime has bought the rights to other Russian TV shows before, but this will be the first Russian production presented as part of Amazon Originals and Exclusives, …

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Sberbank acquires large stake in online media group Rambler

August 27, 2019

Yesterday Sberbank, the state-controlled financial giant, announced it completed the acquisition of a 46.5% stake in Rambler Group, a major online media and entertainment group. The deal, which was approved by the antimonopoly authorities, has given Sberbank equal stake to investment holding company A&NN, while Era Capital owns the remaining 7%. A&NN is affiliated to Russian …

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Major Russian and international investors to inject $40 million in leading online video platform

June 11, 2019

A group of top Russian and foreign investors is committed to inject $40 million in ivi.ru, Russia’s largest online video platform in terms of revenue. The exact terms of the deal, which is set to be closed by late July, have not been disclosed.  These investors include Russia’s sovereign fund RDIF, Mubadala Investment Company (UAE), Baring …

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Yandex launches AI-powered smart home gadgets and video stream features

May 23, 2019

Today Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian Internet giant, announced two high-tech, AI-related novelties. The company unveiled what it touts as “Russia’s first smart home ecosystem.” It is powered by Alice, the smart assistant which Yandex launched two years ago and made the news in sometimes surprising ways.  “Alice can now turn on lights, adjust a thermostat, control …

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Russian YouTube channel creates homemade copies of iconic Hollywood and TV trailers

March 15, 2019

For the past six months, a little-known YouTube channel called Studio 188 has been publishing homemade, low-budget versions of major Hollywood trailers and television intros – from Spiderman, to Batman, to Game of Thrones and others. Relying on household items like socks, sausages, and cellophane, and sometimes an application of face paint that would get them fired from American …

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Russian authorities press Google to stop “meddling in Russian elections”

September 5, 2018

Two official Russian bodies, the Central Election Commission and the telecom regulator Roskomnadzor, have called Google to stop making its resources available for what they judge to be illegal activities during elections. Thus, the electoral commission has sent a formal letter to Larry Page complaining about Alexey Navalny, an opposition leader, using YouTube to distribute information …

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Yandex caves to Russia’s federal censor in dispute over Internet piracy

August 30, 2018

Roskomnadzor, the Russian telecom and Internet regulator, threatened to block Yandex’s video service, following an August 24 verdict by the Moscow City Court ordering the website to remove all hyperlinks to pirated content from its search results. Earlier this month, several television stations filed lawsuits against Yandex, where links to pirated copies of their content …

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Internet regulator Roskomnadzor challenged in courts for blocking websites in controversial procedures

May 31, 2018

The Russian news site Znak.com has won a lawsuit against Roskomnadzor, the Internet and telecom regulator which illustrated itself recently by its failed attempts to block access to Telegram. As reported by Meduza.io, Roskomnadzor accused Znak.com of publishing a video that contained obscene language. Znak.com produced phonoscopic evidence establishing the absence of any foul words in the video, convincing a …

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Sexy ‘graft’ video may lead Russia to block Instagram, YouTube

February 13, 2018

Russia may block access to YouTube and Instagram after billionaire Oleg Deripaska won a court injunction against videos and photographs that showed him and Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Prikhodko relaxing on a yacht with a woman described as an escort. As reported by Bloomberg, the Russian court has ordered the removal of 14 Instagram posts and seven YouTube videos that …

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Why piracy still rides high on Russia’s Internet

May 28, 2017

“We tried fighting Internet piracy, but unfortunately piracy won,” wrote an heir to famous Soviet writer Andrei Strugatsky on his Facebook page, adding that it is “completely impossible” to defeat the enormous amount of illegal content. Two out of three Russians believe that viewing and downloading pirated content is legal, according to a survey conducted …

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How Russian authorities battle against online porn — in vain

February 28, 2017

The Russian government’s recent battle against online porn has electrified our country’s social networks. But much to the disappointment of the global porn industry, this so-called battle is, in fact, not much of a fight. Yes, the authorities have indeed blocked a hundred extremely popular sites. But the reason why is fairly banal: petty local …

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DailyMotion to be banned in Russia due to copyright infringements

January 25, 2017

DailyMotion, a New York-headquartered video sharing platform and a property of the French group Vivendi, is likely to be banned soon in Russia, following a ruling by a Moscow court. The video hosting site was sued by TV channel Pyatnitsa, a property of Gazprom Media, for having provided access to proprietary contents without the rights owner’s consent. Pyatnitsa’s claim referred to …

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